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Nick Gibbs

Queensland charts a path to making sex work legal

Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman wants sex work to be a properly regulated industry. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Sex work would be treated the same as any other lawful business under recommendations broadly accepted by the Queensland government, bringing the state closer to becoming the fourth jurisdiction to decriminalise the sector.

In a report released on Monday, Queensland Law Reform Commission suggests eliminating sex work offences against consenting adults, with general work health and safety rules to apply.

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